Hindsight - Building a Brewery

Mike Coonrod, sbjLive Producer

Posted online
September 27, 2018 | 9:06 am

What would you change if you could go back and re-launch your business? “There was one thing I thought would have been awesome,” says Jennifer Leonard, Head Brewer at Tie and Timber Beer Company. Leonard says she had a romantic fantasy about traveling the country, visiting different breweries to study the craft. Instead, she decided to focus on building their brewery and fine tuning beer recipes. Curtis Marshall, Tail Brewer says he was concerned about picking the correct capacity brewing equipment, but believes they made the right choice.

Why would an employee ever turn down a $200 a month raise? Jody Dow with The Springfield Dream Center explains the “Cliff Effect” that exists in the state of Missouri for people who are employed and on state or federal assistance. “You may be getting $500 in food stamps, and your raise is only increasing your pay that month by $200. Well, that’s a $300 discrepancy.” In the state of Missouri, assistance is all or nothing. The Dream Center helps workers in this situation learn how to prepare for in advance for a pay increase that results in a gap in monthly income.